HSPI-IBM Hosts a panel discussion on:
“Technology in Homeland Security: A Double-Edged Sword”

Featuring:
Bradley Buswell
DHS Deputy Under Secretary for Science & Technology

Panelists:

Parney Albright
Former DHS Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology
Currently Managing Director & Vice Chairman of Civitas, LLC

Christian Beckner
Professional Staff Member
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Greg Nojeim, Director
Project on Freedom, Security and Technology, Center for Democracy and Technology

Langdon Greenhalgh
CEO
Global Emergency Group

Moderated by:

Jonah Czerwinski
Senior Fellow for Homeland Security
IBM Global Leadership Initiative

Jan Lane
Deputy Director
Homeland Security Policy Institute

Event Highlights (pdf)

On, June 9, 2008, the Homeland Security Policy Institute and IBM hosted a discussion examining the critical role of technology in homeland security, both as an opportunity and as a challenge. For many, technology holds forth the promise of solving a host of our greatest homeland security and counterterrorism challenges: providing the right information to the right people at the right time. For others, technology poses an abiding challenge: projects fall short of promises, privacy protections can become subjugated, and men and women on the front lines are often frustrated by new technologies that complicate their jobs before making them easier. The speakers examined successes and failures from both the public and private sectors to draw lessons that guide the way for future investments and innovation.

The Homeland Security Policy Institute seeks to provide innovative leaders in the fields of national and homeland security with a forum to discuss current and future counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts on a regional or country-specific basis.